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Library Intercurricular Correlation – Grade 8 |
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Library Instructional Collaboration |
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TAKS Objectives Grades 3-8 |
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A.
Information Acquisition |
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8.A.1 |
Locate and use important areas of the library.
(circulation area, card catalog/OPAC, fiction/easy, non-fiction, biography,
reference, and periodical) |
Lesson: Example of Library Scavenger
Hunt
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8.A.2 |
Demonstrate appropriate behaviors for locating, checking
out, returning, and caring for library materials according to district
procedures |
Lesson: ISBN 0836829557 Summary: Examines libraries and the many resources they have to offer, print, audiovisual, and online, and explains how to use them. |
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8.A.3 |
Identify the arrangement of fiction, nonfiction and
biography on the shelves and locate specific materials using the Dewey
Decimal System |
Lesson:
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TAKS
Math # 1 Demonstrate an understanding of numbers, operations,
and quantitative reasoning. # 6: Demonstrate an
understanding of the mathematical processes and tools used in problem
solving. |
111.24.1A:
Compare and order rational numbers in various forms including integers,
percents, and positive and negative fractions and decimals. 111.24.1B: Select and use appropriate forms of
rational numbers to solve real-life problems including those involving
proportional relationships. 111.24.14A:
Identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and
outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical
topics. |
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8.A.4 |
Demonstrate an understanding that the card or online
catalog is an index to the library collection and use the catalog information
to locate materials. |
Lesson: Finding
Information in the Information Age
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Language Arts 110.24.13C: Use multiple sources including electronic texts,
experts, and print resourced, to locate information relevant to research
questions. Technology Applications 126.12.2A:
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of input devices such
as mouse/track pad, keyboard, microphone, digital camera, printer, scanner,
disk/disc, modem, CD-ROM, or joystick 126.12.4B: Apply
appropriate electronic search strategies in the acquisition of information
including keyword and Boolean search strategies. |
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8.A.5 |
Demonstrate a working knowledge of library terminology,
such as renew, hold, online resources and online catalog |
Lesson:
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TAKS
# 1: Demonstrate a
basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts |
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8.A.6 |
Understand
the role of public libraries, museums and community resources as a valuable
source of information. |
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8.A7 |
Identify
and use the parts of a book to gather information, including glossary,
copyright, index, table of contents, publisher, guide words, and title page |
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Language Arts 110.24.13C: Use
multiple sources, including electronic texts, experts, and print resources,
to locate information relevant to research questions. |
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8.A.8 |
Understand that bilingual books
and Spanish books are part of the library collection when applicable. |
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B. Reading Literacy |
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8.B.1 |
Listen attentively, critically, and purposefully to
stories, plays, and poems read aloud for enjoyment and to gain
information. |
Lesson: Resources-Other |
TAKS
# 1: Demonstrate a
basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. #3: Use a variety of strategies to analyze culturally diverse
written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.1A:
Determine the purposes for listening such as to gain information, to
solve problems, or to enjoy and appreciate. 110.24.3A: Listen to proficient, fluent models of oral
reading, including selections from classic and contemporary works. 110.24.3B: Analyze
oral interpretations of literature for effects on the listener. 110.24.4A: Connect
his/her own experiences, information, insights and ideas with the experiences
of others through speaking and listening. 110.24.4B: Compares
oral traditions across regions and cultures. 110.24.9A: Develop
vocabulary by listening to selections read aloud. Social
Studies 113.24.18A: Analyze the arguments of the Federalist and
Anti-Federalist, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James
Madison, and George Mason. 113.24.24C: Analyze the contributions of people of
various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity. |
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8.B.2 |
Explore culturally diverse works of various authors and
illustrators |
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TAKS
#2: Apply knowledge of literary elements to understand
culturally diverse written texts. #4: Apply critical thinking skills to analyze culturally
diverse written text. |
Language Arts 110.24.4A: Connect
his/her own experiences, information, insights and ideas with the experiences
of others through speaking and listening. 110.24.4B: Compares
oral traditions across regions and cultures. 110.24.4C: Identify
how language use such as labels and sayings reflects regions and cultures. 110.24.11D: Connect
compare, and contrasts ideas, themes and issues across text. 110.24.14B: Determine distinctive and common
characteristics of cultures through wide reading. 110.24.14C:
Articulate and discuss themes and connections that cross cultures. |
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8.B.3 |
Select, read, and respond to materials from a variety of
literary genre for pleasure reading and/or to acquire information, such as
nonfiction, fiction, poetry, magazines, newspapers, and electronic texts |
Lesson: Teaching
Current Events Via Newspapers, Magazines, and TV Language Arts -
Literature Links
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TAKS
# 1: Demonstrate a
basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. #2: Apply knowledge of literary elements to understand
culturally diverse written texts. #3: Use a variety of strategies to analyze culturally
diverse written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.7A: Read
regularly in independent-level materials. 110.24.7B: Read
regularly in instructional-level materials that are challenging but
manageable. 110.24.8A: Read
classic and contemporary works. 110.24.8B: Select
varied sources such as plays, anthologies, novels, textbooks, poetry,
newspapers, manuals, and electronic text when reading for information or
pleasure. 110.24.8C: Read for
varied purposes such as to be informed, to be entertained, to appreciate the
writer’s craft, and to discover models for his/her own writing. 110.24.22B:
Interpret important events and ideas gathered from maps, charts,
graphics, video segments, or technology presentations. |
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8.B.4 |
Read or listen to, and understand, a variety of literary
forms such as fiction, poetry, myths, fables, tall tales, folktales, plays,
informational books, biographies, and autobiographies |
Lesson: Using Fairy
Tales to Teach Library Skills
Using Literature in the Middle School Curriculum |
TAKS
# 1: Demonstrate a
basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. #2: Apply knowledge of literary elements to understand
culturally diverse written texts. #3: Use a variety of strategies to analyze culturally
diverse written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.7A: Read regularly
in independent-level materials. 110.24.7B: Read
regularly in instructional-level materials that are challenging but
manageable. 110.24.8A: Read
classic and contemporary works. 110.24.8B: Select
varied sources such as plays, anthologies, novels, textbooks, poetry,
newspapers, manuals, and electronic text when reading for information or
pleasure. 110.24.8C: Read for varied
purposes such as to be informed, to be entertained, to appreciate the
writer’s craft, and to discover models for his/her own writing. 110.24.12A:
Identify the purposes of different types of texts such as to inform,
influence, express or entertain. 110.24.12E:
Understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text
as myths, fables, tall tales, limericks, plays, biographies, autobiographies,
tragedy, and comedy. |
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8.B.5 |
Explore works from award lists, such as Bluebonnet, Newbery,
and Coretta Scott King titles, and recognize the
significance of these awards |
Lesson: Study
Guides/Lesson Plans for Newbery Award Winners
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TAKS
# 1: Demonstrate a
basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. #2: Apply knowledge of literary elements to understand
culturally diverse written texts |
Language Arts 110.24.8A: Read
classic and contemporary works. 110.24.8C: Read for
varied purposes such as to be informed, to be entertained, to appreciate the
writer’s craft, and to discover models for his/her own writing. 110.24.12E:
Understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text
as stories, poems, myths, fables, tall tales, limericks, plays, biographies,
and autobiographies. |
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8.B.6 |
Understand literary terms such as author, illustrator, fact,
fantasy, fiction and nonfiction. |
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#3 Use a variety
of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.12D:
Understand and identify literary terms such as playwright, theater, stage,
act, dialogue, analogy, and scene across a variety of literary forms (text). |
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8.B.7 |
Distinguish the role of the author from the illustrator and
recognize the style of various authors and illustrators. |
Lesson: Postmodern
Picture Books in Middle School
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TAKS
#3 Use a variety of strategies to analyze
culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts
110.24.8B: Select varied
sources such as plays, anthologies, novels, textbooks, poetry, newspapers,
manuals, and electronic text when reading for information or pleasure
110.24.8C: Read for varied purposes
such as to be informed, to be entertained, to appreciate the writer’s craft,
and to discover models for his/her own writing. 110.24.12H:
Describe how the author’s perspective or point of view affects the
text. 110.24.22A: Describe how illustrator’s
choice of style, elements, and media help to represent or extend the text’s
meanings. 110.24.22C: Use media to compare ideas and points of
view. |
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8.B.8 |
Identify different versions of stories |
Lesson: Comparing Versions of
Cinderella Be a Reading
Detective: Finding Similarities and Differences in Ideas Compare
Electronic Text with Traditional Text
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TAKS #2 Apply knowledge
of literary elements to understand culturally diverse written texts. #3 Use a variety
of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts
110.24.8A: Read classic and contemporary works. 110.24.10I: Find similarities and differences across
texts such as in treatment, scope, or organization. 110.24.10L: Represent text information in different
ways such as outline, timeline, or graphic organizer.
110.24.12C: Compare communication in different forms
such as contrasting a dramatic performance with a print version of the same
story or comparing story variants. |
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8.B.9 |
Participate in various reading incentive programs. |
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Language Arts
110.24.7A:
Read regularly in independent-level materials. 110.24.7B: Read
regularly in instructional-level materials that are challenging but
manageable. 110.24.8A: Read classic and contemporary works. 110.24.8C: Read for
varied purposes such as to be informed, to be entertained, to appreciate the
writer’s craft, and to discover models for his/her own writing. |
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8.B.10 |
Use a variety of comprehension strategies to assist
reading and understanding. |
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TAKS #2 Apply knowledge
of literary elements to understand culturally diverse written texts. #3 Use a variety
of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. #4: Apply critical thinking skills to analyze culturally
diverse written text. |
Language Arts |
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8.B.11 |
Understand simple story structure, including character,
plot, setting, storyline, and conflict. |
Lesson: Press
Conference: Bud not Buddy
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TAKS #2 Apply knowledge
of literary elements to understand culturally diverse written texts. #3 Use a variety
of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts
110.24.10E: Use the
text’s structure or progression if ideas such as cause and effect or
chronology to locate and recall information. |
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8.B.12 |
Develop vocabulary through listening and reading. |
Lesson: Choosing,
Chatting, and Collecting: Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy
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TAKS
# 1: Demonstrate a
basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts |
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C. Research & Technology Application |
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8.C.1 |
Communicate effectively one-to-one and in group
situations. |
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Language Arts
110.24.5A: Adapt
spoken language such as word choice, diction, and usage to the audience,
purpose, and occasion. 110.24.5B: Demonstrate effective communications skills
that reflect such demands as interviewing, reporting, requesting, and
providing information. Technology Applications126.12.8D: Use
technology in self-directed activities by sharing products for defined
audiences.
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8.C.2 |
Understand and use appropriate electronic search
strategies, including narrowing and expanding searches; keyword, author,
title, and subject searches; and Boolean operators |
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Technology
Applications
126.12.2A :
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of input devices such
as mouse/track pad, keyboard, microphone, digital camera, printer, scanner,
disk/disc, modem, CD-ROM, or joystick. 126.12.4A: Use
strategies to locate and acquire desired information on LAN’s and WAN’s, including the Internet, and collaborative
software. 126.12.4B: Apply
appropriate electronic search strategies in the acquisition of information
including keyword and Boolean search strategies. |
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Identify and define a specific problem or task for
research, investigation or discussion |
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111.24.14B:
Use a problem-solving model that incorporates understanding the
problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution
for reasonableness. Social Studies
113.24.30A: Differentiate between, locate, and use
primary sources such as computer software, interviews, biographies; oral,
print, and visual material; and artifacts to acquire information about the 113.24.30C: Organize and interpret information from
outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts,
timelines, and maps. 113.24.32A: Use a problem-solving process to identify a
problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages
and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the
effectiveness of the solution. |
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8.C.4 |
Generate ideas or relevant questions as a basis for
inquiry/research |
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TAKS Writing#1: Within a given context, produce an effective
composition for a specific purpose. |
Math 111.24.14B: Use a problem-solving model that incorporates
understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and
evaluating the solution for reasonableness. Language Arts 110.24.13A: Form
and revise questions for investigations, including questions arising from
interest and units of study. 110.24.20A: Frame
questions to direct research. Social Studies 113.24.32A: Use a
problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and
consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement
a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution. |
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8.C.5 |
Select and use appropriate print and electronic sources,
such as dictionaries, magazines, almanacs, thesauri, atlases, encyclopedias,
experts, newspapers, timelines, nonfiction books, and Internet resources to
gather needed information |
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Language Arts 110.24.9C: Use
multiple reference aids, including a thesaurus, a synonym finder, a
dictionary, and software, to clarify meanings and usage 110.24.13C: Use
multiple sources, including electronic texts, experts, and print resources,
to locate information relevant to research questions. 110.24.18I: Select
and use reference materials and resources. 110.24.20C: Take
notes from relevant and authoritative sources as needed for writing,
revising, and editing final drafts. Social Studies 113.24.32A: Use a problem-solving process to identify a
problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages
and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the
effectiveness of the solution.
Technology Applications126.12.6B: Resolve
information conflicts and validate information through accessing,
researching, and comparing data. 126.12.6C
Demonstrate the ability to identify the source, location, media type,
relevancy, and content validity of available information. |
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8.C.6 |
Analyze information by distinguishing fact from opinion,
determining cause and effect, comparing and contrasting sources, and
predicting outcomes |
Lesson: Fact and
Opinion - Martin Luther King, Jr. Breaking
Barriers, Building Bridges
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#4: Apply critical thinking skills to analyze culturally
diverse written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.10E: Use the
text’s structure or progression if ideas such as cause and effect or
chronology to locate and recall information. 110.24.10H: Draw
inferences and support them with text evidence and experience. 110.24.10J:
Distinguish fact and opinion in various texts. 110.24.12I: Analyze
ways authors organize and present ideas such as through cause/effect,
compare/contrast, inductively, deductively, or chronologically. Social
Studies |
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8.C.7 |
Interpret graphical information, including pictures,
charts, graphs, maps, timelines, graphic organizers and diagrams |
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#3: Use a variety of strategies to analyze culturally
diverse written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.13D:
Interpret and use graphic sources of information, such as maps,
graphs, time lines, tables, or diagrams to address research questions. 110.24.22B:
Interpret important events and ideas gathered from maps, charts,
graphics, video segments, or technology presentations. Social Studies 113.24.30C:
Organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases,
and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps. |
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8.C.8 |
Analyze information to determine usefulness to problem
solution and currency of information Lesson - Trash and
Treasure |
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#4: Apply critical thinking skills to analyze culturally
diverse written texts. |
Social Studies 113.24.30G:
Evaluate the validity of a source based on language, corroboration with
other sources, and information about the author. 113.24.32A: Use a
problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and
consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement
a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution. Technology Applications126.12.6B: Resolve
information conflicts and validate information through accessing,
researching, and comparing data 126.12.6C:
Demonstrate the ability to identify the source, location, media type,
relevancy, and content validity of available information. |
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8.C.9 |
Summarize and organize information from multiple sources
by taking notes, outlining ideas and making charts |
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# 1: Demonstrate a basic understanding of culturally
diverse written texts. |
Language Arts 110.24.10F:
Determine a text's main idea and how those ideas are supported with
details. 110.24.10G:
Paraphrase and summarize text to recall, inform or organize ideas. 110.24.13E: Summarize record and organize information from
multiple sources by taking notes, outlining ideas and making charts. 110.24.20D:
Summarize and organize ideas gained from multiple sources in useful ways,
such as outlines, conceptual maps, learning logs, and timelines. Social
Studies 113.24.30B: Analyze information by sequencing,
categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing,
contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and
predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions |
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8.C.10 |
Determine differences between primary and secondary
sources |
Lesson: Using Primary Sources
in the Classroom
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